2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)

Session No. 222
Wednesday, 21 October 2009: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Portland Ballrooms 251/258 (Oregon Convention Center)

Recent Advances in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

 

Timothy S. White, Chair
Paper #
Start Time
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8:00 AM
OCEAN CHEMISTRY DURING THE ORDOVICIAN RADIATION: HIGH-RESOLUTION C- AND S-ISOTOPE PROFILES THROUGH THE YANGTZE PLATFORM, HUBEI PROVINCE, CENTRAL CHINA
KAH, Linda C., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 and ZHAN, Renbin, State Key Laoratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, lckah@utk.edu, lckah@utk.edu
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8:15 AM
OXYGEN ISOTOPE RECORD IN BIOGENIC APATITE: A TOOL FOR CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY AND PROXY IN PALAEOCLIMATE STUDIES
?IGAIT?, Živilė1, JOACHIMSKI, Michael2 and LEHNERT, Oliver2, (1)Departmen of Geology and Mineralogy, Vilnius University, MK Ciurlionio 21/27, Vilnius, 03101, Lithuania, (2)Institut für Geologie - Mineralogie, Universität Erlangen, Schlossgarten 5, Erlangen, 91056, Germany, Zivile.Zigaite@gmail.com, Zivile.Zigaite@gmail.com
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8:30 AM
PENNSYLVANIAN (MOSCOVIAN-GZHELIAN; ATOKAN-VIRGILIAN) PALEOSOLS OF THE ILLINOIS BASIN: IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOEQUATORIAL PALEOHYDROLOGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND GLACIOEUSTASY
ROSENAU, Nicholas A., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, 3225 Daniel Ave, Dallas, TX 75275-0395 and TABOR, Neil J., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275, nrosenau@smu.edu, nrosenau@smu.edu
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8:45 AM
USING 238U/235U RATIOS IN CARBONATES AS A PALEOREDOX INDICATOR: VARIATIONS ACROSS THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY
BRENNECKA, Gregory A., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, HERRMANN, Achim D., Barrett Honors College and School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, SALTZMAN, Matthew R., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 and ANBAR, Ariel D., School of Earth and Space Exploration and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, brennecka@asu.edu, brennecka@asu.edu
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9:00 AM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF JURASSIC DINOSAUR HABITATS OF THE VEGA FORMATION, ASTURIAS, SPAIN
GUTIERREZ, Karen, Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 N University Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and SHELDON, Nathan D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, kagutie@umich.edu, kagutie@umich.edu
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9:15 AM
OXYGEN ISOTOPES AND MAJOR ELEMENTS IN CRETACEOUS HENSEL FORMATION PALEOSOL INDICATE ARIDITY AND RISING TEMPERATURES
WHITE, Lee A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, PAUL, Debajyoti, Department of Civil Engineering (Geosciences), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India and BIRNBAUM, Stuart, Department of GeologicalSciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249-0663, leeawhite@hotmail.com, leeawhite@hotmail.com
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9:30 AM
COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS OF THE LATEST CRETACEOUS (MAASTRICHTIAN): COMPARISON WITH PROXY DATA
UPCHURCH Jr, Garland R., Biology, Texas State University, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666, KIEHL, Jeffrey, Climate Change Research Section, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80305, SHIELDS, Christine, Global Climate Dynamics, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80305 and SCOTESE, Christopher R., Geology, U. Texas at Arlington, PALEOMAP Project, 700 Tanglewood Lane, Arlington, TX 76012, gu01@txstate.edu, gu01@txstate.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
CARBON, PHOSPHORUS, AND SULFUR CYCLING DURING CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN OAE2 IN WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY
JOO, Young Ji, SAGEMAN, Bradley B. and HURTGEN, Matthew T., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, yjoo@earth.northwestern.edu, yjoo@earth.northwestern.edu
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10:15 AM
A NEW HIGH-RESOLUTION CONTINENTAL RECORD OF THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSION FROM MAMMALIAN TOOTH ENAMEL
SECORD, Ross, Department of Geosciences, The University of Nebraska, 200 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588, BLOCH, Jonathan I., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, BOYER, Doug M., Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245, CHESTER, Stephen G.B., Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8277 and KRIGBAUM, John, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7305, rsecord2@unl.edu, rsecord2@unl.edu
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10:30 AM
PALEOSOL-BASED PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION OF LATE PALEOCENE THROUGH MIDDLE EOCENE ARGENTINA
WHITE, Timothy S., Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, 217 EES Building, University Park, PA 16802, DEL PAPA, Cecilia, CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta, 16802, Argentina and BRIZUELA, Rafael Rodriguez, Museo Argentina de Ciencia Naturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina, tsw113@psu.edu, tsw113@psu.edu
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10:45 AM
DECLINING ATMOSPHERIC CO2 DURING THE LATE MIDDLE EOCENE CLIMATE TRANSITION (~40 MYRS AGO)
DORIA, Gabriela1, ROYER, Dana L.2, WOLFE, Alexander P.3, FOX, Andrew4 and BEERLING, David J.4, (1)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948 APO 34002, Balboa, Ancon, Panama, 0843-03092, Panama, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Exley Science Center 445 (265 Church St.), Middletown, CT 06459-0139, (3)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, (4)Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom, gabriela.doria@yale.edu, gabriela.doria@yale.edu
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11:00 AM
LATE NEOGENE TERRESTRIAL PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOECOLOGY OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA: A STABLE ISOTOPIC RECORD FROM MAMMALS
MATSON, Samuel D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, 108 Pillsbury Hall, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 and FOX, David L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, mats0159@umn.edu, mats0159@umn.edu
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11:15 AM
STABLE-ISOTOPE AND PALEOSOL DATA FROM THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE FISH CREEK-VALLECITO BASIN, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: NEW INSIGHTS INTO REGIONAL TECTONICS AND PALEOCLIMATE
PERYAM, Thomas C., Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, DORSEY, Rebecca J., Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1272, BINDEMAN, Ilya N., Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, HOUSEN, Bernie, Geology Department, Western Washington University, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225-9080 and PALANDRI, James, Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1272, tperyam@uoregon.edu, tperyam@uoregon.edu
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11:30 AM
DIGITAL LEAF PHYSIOGNOMY: USING LEAF SIZE AND SHAPE TO RECONSTRUCT ANCIENT CLIMATES
PEPPE, Daniel J., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, ROYER, Dana L., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459 and OLIVER, Sofia, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, Middletown, CT 06459, daniel_peppe@baylor.edu, daniel_peppe@baylor.edu